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Podcast: Ongoing History of New Music
Episode: The 90s Part 5b: Hip-Hop's Effects Part 2
Description: If we look at the state of rock here in the 21st century, it is no longer the main musical driver of popular culture…hip-hop is king…
This doesn’t mean it’s dead, that it doesn’t have a place in our lives, that it isn’t going to be around for decades to come…but if you’re honest, you’ll have to admit that hip-hop has extended its reach into popular culture with the strength and depth that used to belong to rock…
And it’s not like rock’s appeal shrank…it’s that other genres hav...